Men's grief following pregnancy loss and neonatal loss: a systematic review and emerging theoretical model

KL Obst, C Due, M Oxlad, P Middleton - BMC pregnancy and childbirth, 2020 - Springer
Background Emotional distress following pregnancy loss and neonatal loss is common, with
enduring grief occurring for many parents. However, little is known about men's grief, since …

Grief following miscarriage: a comprehensive review of the literature

N Brier - Journal of Women's Health, 2008 - liebertpub.com
Objective: The literature exploring the relationship between miscarriage and grief is sparse.
This paper summarizes the literature on grief subsequent to an early miscarriage to …

International comparison of studies using the perinatal grief scale: a decade of research on pregnancy loss

L J. Toedter, Judith N. Lasker, Hettie JEM Janssen - Death studies, 2001 - Taylor & Francis
The Perinatal Grief Scale (PGS) has been used in many studies of loss in pregnancy,
including miscarriage, stillbirth, induced abortion, neonatal death, and relinquishment for …

Factors contributing to men's grief following pregnancy loss and neonatal death: further development of an emerging model in an Australian sample

KL Obst, M Oxlad, C Due, P Middleton - BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2021 - Springer
Background Historically, men's experiences of grief following pregnancy loss and neonatal
death have been under-explored in comparison to women. However, investigating men's …

Grief reactions of couples to perinatal loss: A one‐year prospective follow‐up

YF Tseng, HR Cheng, YP Chen… - Journal of Clinical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Aims and objectives To explore couples' perceptions of the effects of perinatal loss on their
marital relationship, social support and grief 1 year postloss, and analyse what factors …

Guilt‐and shame‐proneness and the grief of perinatal bereavement

P Barr - Psychology and psychotherapy: Theory, research and …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
This longitudinal cohort study explored the relationship of guilt‐and shame‐proneness to
grief in women (N= 86) and men (N= 72) 1 month ('early') and 13 months ('late') after a …

A randomized trial of a bereavement intervention for pregnancy loss

OP Johnson, RW Langford - Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal …, 2015 - Elsevier
Objective To examine the effects of a secondary bereavement intervention on grieving in
women who experienced a miscarriage (pregnancy loss) at 12–20 weeks gestation. Design …

Problematic emotions and maternal grief

P Barr, J Cacciatore - OMEGA-Journal of Death and Dying, 2008 - journals.sagepub.com
The study was an empirical examination of the relation of personality proneness to
“problematic social emotions”—envy (Dispositional Envy Scale), jealousy (Interpersonal …

Religious beliefs affect grieving after pregnancy loss

FS Cowchock, JN Lasker, LJ Toedter… - Journal of Religion and …, 2010 - Springer
Religious beliefs and practices may aid in coping with bereavement and grief after
pregnancy loss. Data from 103 women enrolled in the original Lehigh Valley Perinatal Loss …

Whose fault is it anyway? Guilt, blame, and death attribution by mothers after stillbirth or infant death

KJ Gold, A Sen, I Leon - Illness, Crisis & Loss, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Parents who experience stillbirth or infant death often struggle with postpartum guilt. This
may be an adaptive response or can become chronic and maladaptive. We surveyed …